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many times they are very ai)t to laugh when 

 they read it. In our office here I "tell the 

 girls to pitch right into business, and say 

 what needs to be said, and n'»t a word more ; 

 in fact, we don't even stop to say " mister" 

 in our letters, but just commence and talk. 

 You see, it takes time to write useless 

 words, and then it takes more time for very 

 busy, liard-worked people, to read useless 

 words. 



RED LIGHT NO. 2. 



I believe, little friends, I would not say, 

 "My pa takes Gleanings," or "My pa 

 keeps bees," any more, for the fact of your 

 writing a letter usually implies that he takes 

 it, and keeps bees also. I don't think I 

 would say, " I like honey " any more, either, 

 for so many have said it I am afraid the 

 older ones will begin to laugh when they 

 read our little journal. As a general thing. 

 I don't think I would say, " I go to school," 

 either; for it is to be expected that every 

 boy and girl goes to school nowadays. There, 

 I guess r won't find any more fault now, or 

 else somebody might hold up a red light to 

 me, and say, " Mr. Root, don't talk so much, 

 but let the children talk," and so I think I 

 will. I just want to say, that your letters 

 for the most part are excellent, and I am as- 

 tonished every month to see how much little 

 folks can do in the way of helping in the 

 great business of the world, of giving as well 

 as receiving knowledge. 



FROM ONE TO FOUR, AND 75 LBS. OP HONEV, ETC. 



My pa keeps bees. He haiJ one hive in the spring. 

 He has four now. Ho took about 75 lbs. of honey. 

 Millie Hoover, age 8. 

 Huntsvillc, Pa., Jan. 23, 1883. 



DRONES FLYINC. IN DECEMBER. 



Papa has a hive of bees, and the drones were out 

 flying Deo. 3. They are the Holy-Lands. 



Gertie Reese, age 12. 

 Coatesvilie, Chester Co., Pa., Dec. 20, 1883. 



I am 8 years old. I live in the country. Pa has 18 

 hives of bees. My grandpa has 30 hives of bees. 

 We took lots of honey this last fall. I go to school, 

 and have a fine time. I wash dishes for my ma. 

 This is my first letter. Cecilia Fetrow. 



Yocumtown, Pa., Jan. 37, 1883. 



FROM 1 TO 91, IN 3 YEARS, AND LOTS OF HONEY. 



Grandpa had one Italian ; in 3 years he had 91. We 

 took lots of honey this fall. J ohn Fetrow. 



Yocumtown, Pa., Jan. 29, 1883. 



If your grandpa had just " one &ee," friend 

 John, he did pretty well, surely. 



To-day I am 8 years old. My papa has 21 stands of 

 bees in Simplicity hives. He makes hives on a 

 home-made foot-power saw; also his own sections. 

 He took about 1000 lbs. of honey from Aug. 20 to 

 Sept. 15. We had to feed our bees In June. 



Clinton, Mo., Jan. 30, 1883. Mary V. Brown. 



We have 26 stands of bees; part of them are Ital- 

 ians. I help papa with his bees, and he gave me one 

 stand. It swarmed last season, and now I have two. 

 I like to work with the bees, but I don't like to get 

 stung, though when I have my bee-hat on I am not 

 afraid of them. Edwin L. Grubb, age 11. 



Key, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1882. 



FROM 13 TO 40, AND 900 LBS. OF COMB HONEY. 



My pa and my brother Albert have got 40 hives of 

 bees, all packed in chaff, and they seem to be all 

 right now. They increased from 13 to 40, and had 

 about 900 lbs. of comb honey. The bees are mostly 

 Italians and a few hybrids. 



Katie Unterkircher, age 14. 



Manchester, Mich., Jan. 21, 1883. 



THE oldest one OF THE FAMILY. 



I am a little girl six years old, and I want a bosk, 

 so I will write you a letter. Pa keeps bees. He has 

 23 hives. I help him to fold the boxes. I like honey 

 and bees. I have one hive I call mine. We did not 

 get much honey last year. Pa says catnip is the best 

 honey-plant. I have two brothers and one sister. I 

 am the oldest. Viola Harrold. 



Columbiana, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1883. 



MINTY'S LETTER. 



Pa has 10 hives of bees, and thej' made a fine lot of 

 honey this summer. I like to see them swarm. I 

 look on wlien pa or my sisters hive them. Pa uses 

 the Simplicity hive, and he wants to buy some more. 

 I like to see the bees, but I don't like to get hold of 

 the pointed end of them. Mintie S. Bloom, age 8. 



Shelby, O., Jan. 22, 1883. 



So your sisters hive bees, do they, Mintie ? 

 I thiiikyourpa must be real glad that he has 

 daughters that can help so much. 



Mamma has three hives of bees this winter. She 

 had seven last summer. It has been very cold this 

 winter. We have had three pretty deep snows. I 

 am going to school now; am studying the Scholar's 

 Companion, Rhetoric, Manual of Geography, Famil- 

 iar Science, Dictionary, and Arithmetic. Don't you 

 think that is pretty well for a boy of 13? Send Sil- 

 rer Keys, when you publish this. 



J. Emory Hughes. 



Yellow Branch, Va., Feb. 3, 1883. 



Pretty good, Emery, especially if the boy 

 got all lessons well. 



WHAT mark saw AT THE FAIR. 



My pa has 49 swarms of bees. They are packed on 

 top with hay, and on the sides with sawdust. They 

 ai'e on the summer stands, except 5 which are in the 

 cellar. They are all alive now. They want to fly 

 badly. Pa took his extractor to the fair this fall, 

 and everybody was looking at It, and wondering 

 whether it was a churn or washing-machine. One 

 old lady said she'd rather have her old chum than 

 that. There was a Given fdn. press, lots of bees and 

 honey, and other fixings at the fair. 



Mark T. Hower, age 10. 



Adrian, Mich., Jan. 32, 1883. 



A NUCLEUS ON THE MANTLEPIECE. 



We have 57 colonies of bees; 40 of them are mine. 

 You wonder how I got them. Well, I will tell you. 

 My grandpa gave them to me. He gave me one 

 stand. I do not think I was 6 years old then, and 

 now I am 13. Pa has got a nucleus in the house on 

 the mantleboard. He found it on a tree last autumn. 

 He does not think they were any of ours, for they 

 were blaaii, and ours are Italians. He lets them fly 

 in the house sometimes, and then, oh for the win- 

 dow-blinds! Where in the Bible can the word butter 

 be found ? The place where it says not to offer hon- 

 ey as an offering, can be found in Lev. 3 : 11. 



Lillie A. Gandy. 



Churubusco, Ind., Jan. 20, 1883. 



